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Speaker 1: Nigeria, President Volarahmed Tenubu, in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday evening,

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for the first time more than a decade in the

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history of the West Africa country, declared a state of

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emergency in Rivers State and suspended for initial six months.

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The Governor, Siminalaephabura and his deputy in Ghaziodu, all elected

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members of the State House of Assembly and appointed retired

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Vice Admiral Abokhibas as administrator to work with the existing

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laws of Rivers State with the members of the state judiciary.

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Following the apparent personal political crisis between the Rivers State

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Governor Siminalaephabara and his former boss and the immediate past

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governor of the state, Nissan Wiki, who is currently the

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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, that was seen

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a few days ago in a viral video apparently making

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Kalis statements as a government official, statements capable of instigating

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a particular ethnic group against the government wherein the FCT

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minister has said the US that Injure people a minority

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group in the South South and if their son Fabara

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is impeached, nothing would happened. After the statements YK refused

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to apologize to the Ijore people despite public outcry and condemnations.

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Days after, as confirmed by President Bola Ahmed Tanubu, some

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militants started destroying crude oil pipelines in Rivers State, as

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media reports trends and indicated that pro YK normakers may

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have concluded plans to impeach Governor siminol A. Forbara. Details

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of the words of President Bolah Hmed Tanubu during the

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nationwide broadcast of the state of Emergency declaration in Rivers

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State reads verbatum below is made available by one of

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the spokespersons to the President on media, Bao on Anuga.

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Text of the broadcast by President Bola Hmed Tanubu, Commander

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in Chief of the Armed Forces, declaring state of Emergency

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in Rivers State on Tuesday, the eighteenth of March twenty

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twenty five. Fellow Nigerians, I feel greatly disturbed that the

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turn we have come to regarding the political crisis in

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Rivers State. Like many of you, I have watched with

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concern the development, with the hope that the parties involved

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would allow good sense to prevail at the soonest But

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all that hope burned out without any solution to the crisis.

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With the crisis persisting, there is no way democratic governance,

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which we have all fought and worked for over the years,

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can thrive in a way that will redound to the

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benefit of the good people of the state. The state

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has been at a standstill since the crisis started, with

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the good people of the state not being able to

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have access to the dividends of democracy. Also, it is

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public knowledge that the Governor of Rivers State, for unjustifiable reasons,

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demolished the House of Assembly of the state as far

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back as the thirteenth of December twenty twenty three and

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has up until now fourteen fourteen months after not rebuild sane.

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I have made personal intervals between the contending parties for

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a peaceful resolution of the crisis, but my efforts have

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been largely ignored by the parties to the crisis. I

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am also aware that many well meaning Nigerians, leaders of

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thought and patriotic groups have also intervened at various times

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with the best of intentions to resolve the matter, but

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all their efforts were also to no avail. Still I

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thank them. On February twenty eighth, twenty twenty five, the

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Supreme Court in a judgment in respect of about eight

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consolidated appeals concerning the political crisis in Rivers State based

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on several grave unconstitutional acts and disregard of rule of

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law that have been committed by the Governor of Rivers State,

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as shown by the evidence before it, pronounced in very

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clear terms, a government cannot be said to exist without

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one of the three arms that make up the government

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of a state under the nineteen ninety nine Constitution as amended.

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In this case, the head of the executive arm of

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the government has chosen to collapse the legislature to enable

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him to govern without the legislature as a despot. As

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it is, there is no government in Rivers State. The

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above pronouncement came after a catalog of judicial findings of

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constitutional breaches against the Governor Siminolae for Bara going forward

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in their judgment and having found and held the twenty

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seven members of the House who had allegedly defected are

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still valid members of Rivers State House of Assembly and

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cannot be prevented from participating in the proceedings of that

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house by the eighth respondent, that is, the Governor in

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cohorts with four members the Supreme Court then made some

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orders to restore the state to immediate constitutional democracy. These

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orders include the immediate passing of an appropriation bill by

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the Rivers State House of Assembly, which up till now

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has not been facilitated. Some militants had threatened fire and

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brimstone against their perceived enemy of the Governor, who has

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up till now not descend them. Apart from that, both

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the House and the Governor have not been able to

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work together. Both of them do not realize that they

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are in office to work together for the peace and

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good governance of the state. The latest security reports made

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available to me show that between yesterday and today there

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have been disturbing incidents of vandalization of pipelines by some

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militant without the governor taking any action to curtail them.

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I have, of course given stern order to the security

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agencies to ensure safety of lives of the good people

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of Rivers State and the oil pipelines. With all these

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and many more, no good and responsible president will stand

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by and allow the grave situation to continue without taking

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remedial steps prescribed by the Constitution. To address the situation

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in the state, which no doubt requires extraordinary measures to

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restore good governance, peace, order and security. In the circumstance,

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having soberly reflected on and evaluated the political situation in Riverstone,

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and the Governor and Deputy Governor of Rivers State having

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failed to make a request to me as President to

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issue this proclamation as required by Section three hundred and

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five five of the nineteen ninety nine Constitution, as amended,

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it has become inevitably compelling for me to invoke the

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provision of Section three hundred and five of the Constitution

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of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, nineteen ninety nine, as amended,

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to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State, with

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effect from today, the eighteenth of March twenty twenty five.

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And I so do by this declaration the Governor of

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Rivers State, Mister Simon Laiphabara, his deputy, Missus Ingoziodu, and

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all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers

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Stata hereby suspended for an initial period of six months.

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In the meantime, I hereby nominate Vice Admiral Abokatibas retired

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as Administrator, to take charge of the affairs of the

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state in the interest of the good people of Rivers State.

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For the avoid of doubt, this declaration does not affect

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the judicial arm of Rivers State, which shall continue to

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function in accordance with the constitutional mandate. The administrator will

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not make any new laws. He will, however, be free

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to formulate regulations as may be found necessary to do

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his job, but such regulations will need to be considered

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and approved by the Federal Executive Council and promulgated by

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the President for the state. This declaration has been published

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in the Federal Gazette, a copy of which has been

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forwarded to the National Assembly in accordance with the Constitution.

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It is my fervent hope that this inevitable intervention will

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help to restore peace and order in River’s State by

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awakening all the contenders to the constitutional imperatives binding on

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all political players in Rivers State in particular and Nigeria

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as a whole. Long live are united, peaceful, secure and

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democratic Rivers State in particular and the Federal Republic of

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Nigeria as a whole.

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Speaker 2: This maybe loves fit all this when I will die

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and the lot problem and let me tell you something,

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and people should have that right the joy that not

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because he took the majority, and I got that people

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must speak altitudes, have on know for the only die

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worked about two times. Not Cossey took the majority of

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the like that data. What does us? Every day you

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wake up the job, will do this and that bible

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the joke.

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Speaker 1: Another government.

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Speaker 2: In Delta.

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Speaker 1: The joy is minority of the minority.

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Speaker 2: Who don’t you that fact that I looked and that’s

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just man ed recard him from Delta. He had never

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for this is joy to the governors Delta, you have

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never the only bliss he jot my canthor degree. Government

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is in by five second nothing the dog nothing reverse

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the minority, the minority.

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Speaker 1: I won’t pay for this bliss. I can’t leave. Bringday

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you bring me in. The mortgage is aware